The National tribune., 1887-09-22
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
Gleanings from National Headquar-
terS--NOteS from the Departments.
HEADQUARTERS WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS
SAN Francisco, CAL.
ELIZABETH D'A. KNEE, National President.
NELLIE q. BACRUs, National Secretary.
40 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN Francisco, CAL,
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40 CALIFoESIA ST., SAN Francisco, CAL,
Sept. s, 1887.
DEAR tribune: The W.R.C. Home Associa-
tion of California and the warm reception that
the suggestion ofit met with last February at the
time of the Convention in Los Angles have been
written of before in this column. Since that
time its officers and all interested have been
greatly encouraged by the hearty approval aud
| enthusiasm aroused in all who learn its objects
and the substantial evidences Of it. The home
will be built upon beautiful siteat Evergreen,
seven miles from San Jose. Five and three-quar-
| tiers acres OF land have been donated by y. Cad
valdez, of San Jose. A. Harrington has also
| given $1,000 toward building the home, and
$500 has been donated by the citizens OF San
Jose, and only yesterday, Mrs. Leland Stanford
sent check for 81 900, accompanying the
| generous gift with note expressing the salts
faction felt by the Senator and his wife in being
| able to add their portion for the advancement
| of so worthy an object. Never has project of
| charitable interest been more heartily seconded
or more generally aided on all sides. The Corps
of the Department are contemplating and exc
cutting plans for bazars, fairs, teas and every
| conceivable and incOnceivable novelty in the
| form of entertainment, hoping to augment the
| fund by something more than their mite.
| Where our Corps are located in the country
and the members live in the midst of pastures
green, they often find that they have few or no
deeds Of charity to perform, and are glad not
to be obliged to offer the will for the deed, but
| use their time and energies for the home !;
| though our Garfield Corps, of San Francisco,
took the initiative and raised $40 for the build
ing fund.
In Wisconsin the GAR and W.R.C are do
| ing similar work. As ours in California is the
first home to be built for the veterans widows,
destitute wives, mothers and orphans so theirs
| is the first where the disabled veteran and his
wife may end their days together.
A few weeks ago at bennington, VT, one of
our most jealous workers, Mrs. G. ID. Gibson,
suffered the loss of her child. little boy of
seven years. In her time of afliction, those to
| whom she is bound in the work of love and
charity to their neghbors, feel the deepest SYM
pathy for her suffering, and pray that her sor-
row shared may be sorrow lightened.
EUREKA.
PENSION BILL FOR ARMY NURSES.
The following is the text Of the bill prepared
by the National Pension Committee, W.R.C.,
which has been issued, together with petit
ton, by order of the fourth National Conven-
ton. 1t calls for signatures of the W.R-C.,
GAR, and all friends of the soldiers. The
bill has received the Endorsement of the Ma
tional President, W.R.C., and the hearty COM
mendatiOns of Comrades George S. Merrill,
James Tanner, John G. Liuehan and John S.
kountz, of the GAR. National Pension Com
mittee. Commander-in Chief Fairchild will
bring it to the attention of the National En-
campment at st. Louis. and it is hoped that
they will give il a cordial send-Of The pc
tition bears the names Of the National Pen
sion Committee, W.R.C., as follows: Mrs. l..
Florence Barker, Mrs Kate b. Sherwood, Mrs.
Mary A. Logan, Mrs. Clara Barton, Mrs. Lidia
A. Scott
PENSION BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF WOMEN
ENROLLED AS ARMY NURSES, ETC.
BE IL enacted by The Senate and House Of Represent
oiires Of the United States Of america ia Congress
assembled, That all women regularly enrolled in
the United States service. as army nurses SAM
taTy agents, during the late of the rebellion,
and vino rendered six months service in the hos.
plias diet kitchens. or on the battlefield Dis, or IN the
discharge of duties connected herewith, and who
have been honorably discharged therefrom. OF
who prior to the completion of the period named
were disabled in the line of duty, and who are
now may be hereafter, suffering mental or phys
zeal disability, not the result o! their vicious
habits. which incIpacitates them from the per
formance of manual labor, shall. upon making due
proof of the fact, according To such rules and rcgu
lations rs the Secretary of the Interior may pro
vide, be placed on the list OF pensioners OF the
United States, and entitled to sl2 per month; and
such pensions shall commence from the date OIL
filing the application in the Pension Office, after
the passage of this act. upon proof that the dsa
biIity then existed, and shall continue during the
existence of the same IN the degree herein specified
Prorided, That persons who are now receiving
| pensions under special enactmcnts may, by max
ing application to the Commissioner of Pensions
in such form as he may prescribe receive the beue
MS OF TINS act: fTOridsd, mat no person snail re
eeve more than one pension for the same period.
| Sec. . That any agent, attorney or other person
| instrumental in prosecuting any claim under thI
act who SHALL directly indirectly. contract for
demand receive retain for his services in.tru
mentality In presenting and prosecuting sucl
claim, sum greater than $40, payable only upoI
the order of the Commissioner of Pensions by thi
Pension Agent making payment of the pension al
: lowed.) or who shall wrOngfully withhold Eom
| pcnsioner or claimant the whole or any part of th
pension or claim allowed and due such pensioHe
claimant shall be deemed guilty of n misde
meauor, and upon conviction thereof shall. 70
every such Ofense, be fined not exceeding 500 o
, imprisonment mt hard labor not exceeding tw,
years, both, in the discretion of the court.
See 3. That all laws and parts of laws which
conflict with the provisions Of this act be, and tn
same are hereby, repealed.